Improvement in neck-ties



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GEORGE LANE, oENEWvoRK, N. Y.

Letters 'Patent No; 99,918, dated Femary 15, 1870.

IM'PROVEMENT IN NECK-TIES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Tc all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE LANE, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Neck-Tics, the same constitntng a new article ofmanufacture; andI do here' by declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification,

' ends oi' the tie formed by the united sections becoming worn ordefaced, the stitching luniting said sections may he picked or out andthe ends of the sections reversed; that is, the ends of the sectionspreviously tacked together'brought in front, while the original frontends of the tie are tacked together.

In this way the back of the tie, which is comparu tively protected whenthe article is in use, may be readily. made to take the place of thefront portion when worn or eiaced, and that not unfreqnent-ly occurswhile the rest of the tie is in good order or condition, owing to theusuall frequent tying and untying and exposure of the tie at its ends orin front. By

making the tie, however, with four ends, as described, that is eachsection with two finished ends, and tacking the sections together asspecified, a reversible character is secured to the tie as regards thesubstitution y of its rear for its front portion without any cutting ortting of new ends, andvsuoh change or reversal made in a few moments byother than' an expert or seamstress.

A neck-tie with lreversible ends, as described, cony stitutes a newarticle of manufacture, and will prove very economical, and the same maybe put upon the market at but little or no greater cost than neck-tiesas ordinarily made having two ends only.

In the accompanying drawing, which represents my improved necli-tie Aand B represent the two sections, each formed with two finished ends, ab, that may be reversed and tacked together as represented and hereinbefore de-A scribed.

vAnother advantage may be found in the adjust'alo'il` ity of suchneck-tie as to length, by increasing or decreasing the lap of the joinedends.

Vthat is here claimed, and desired to be secured byy Letters Patent, is-

, A neck-tie, formed in sections, the ends of which are finished so asto be reversible as front or exposed.

ends, substantially as shown and described,

l GEO. LANE.

Witnesses:

FRED. Haynes,

